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[–] ProvableGecko 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Yes this exists and it's called pumped storage hydroelectricity

[–] sicarius 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I did some work at a place called The hollow mountain that does this. But seeing as it looked like an underground James Bond bad guy base and I was a rope access mook in a boiler suit, I felt like I could die at any moment by tuxedo clad hero.
It wasn't solar they used to power pump the water back up though. They just, hmm I want to say, bought cheap electricity when no one was using it.

[–] ProvableGecko 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is the imperial base from Andor, right? Cool

[–] sicarius 2 points 8 months ago

Holeey sheet it is! I didn't know that! Thanks.

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